Apple AirTags are now misbehaving, sending FALSE alarms to iPhone users

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Apple AirTags are misbehaving after getting the latest anti-stalking measures! Based on a new report from The Wall Street Journal, the AirTag trackers are sending phantom alerts to their owners, thereby confusing users. Simply put, iPhone users are getting alerts of an AirTag tracking their location, even when there is no story AirTag in the vicinity. The alerts are usually occurring the middle of the night and Apple is yet to rollout a fix for the same. The issue is causing distress among iPhone users.

These false alarms are usually happening in the middle of the night, wherein the person’s iPhone receives an unknown AirTag alert. An accompanying map also shows the location of the tracker and how long has it been tracking your whereabouts. In this case though, the users have reported to see straight lines emerging from the person’s location. This is not supposed to happen and seem like a bug that kept past Apple during the software development phase.

The alarms are part of Apple's new suite of anti-stalking features. A few months ago, the AirTag earned a notorious reputation of being a stalker’s favourite gadget. Reports emerged about stalkers using AirTags to track the location of people, and following them home. The trackers were also used in car robbery attempts, wherein the AirTags were found stuck to wheels and bumpers. Apple had to quickly come up with a solution and introduce some anti-stalking features to prevent this from happening.

One of the ways was to alert an iPhone user faster than ever. This feature now seems to have accompanied a new bug that is alerting users unnecessarily. In a report from The Verge, they say that the AirTag’s safety feature malfunctioned when their iPhone notified that their own AirTag